Holder for towels and other articles



C. A. MICHAELS.

HOLDER FOR TOWELS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1921.

1 $09,056 Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

A TTORNEYS UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'CHAUNGEY IMICHAELS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR H. SWANK, OFFREMONT, OHIO.

specifiation of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Application filed May 20, 1921. Serial No. 471,050.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAUNCEY A. MICIIAELS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, Jamaica, borou h ofQueens, in the count of Queens and tate of New York, have invented a newand Improved Holder for Towels and other, Articles, of which thefollowing is a description.

My invention while more particularly intended for embodiment in a towelbar is useful for holding other articles, for. example trousers, whenthe bar is made of sufiicient size for the latter purpose.

The general object of my invention is to provide a novel holder adaptedto accomodate a plurality of towels for example, including face towelsand a bath towel, and so formed as to make it possible to so place thetowel or other article that the same will be firmly held and preventedfrom dropping from the bar.

The nature of the invention and its distinctive features and advantageswill clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of examples of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective View of a modified form of the holder.

In carrying out my invention in practice, I form the holder from solidor tubular material such as a wire or bar having a suitable crosssection and I give the terminals of the wire or bar the form ofsupporting elements, which advantageously, may, as in the illustratedexamples,-be in the form of two bracket arms 10 spaced a substantialdistance from each other. Means is provided for securing the ends of thearms to,

a wall or like support.

In the form shown in Figure 1, the two ends are rigid with a singlesecuring plate 11 having holes 12 for receiving screws or otherfastening means. In the orm shown in Figure 2 separate securing plates11 are provided for each bracket arm 10.

The material of the holder is carried sidewlse from the bracket arms 10to form lateral members 13 integral with said arms and the material isreturned on itself at the y outer ends of said arms and carried acrossthe space between the bracket arms 10, thereby forming a hanger bar 14integral at its ends with the respective lateral members 13 toconstitute each member a supporting connection between the hanger bar 14and said bracket arms 10.

In forming the holder with the described lateral members and hanger barsaid members and hanger bar may be produced in the same horizontal planeas shown in Figure 1, or, as shown m Figure 2, the members, 13, andhanger bar, 14, ma be dis osed inthe same vertical plane, with theownwardly turned ends 10 of arms 10.

With a holder formed as described towels may be entered in succession inthe space between the bracket arms 10 and moved sidewise between themembers 13 or 13 and the ends of the hanger bar 14 or 14. The materialof the holder is sufiiciently resilient to cause the towel or otherarticle to be securely gripped between the members 13 or 13 and thehanger bar 14 or 14. Nevertheless, the ready removal of the towel orother article may be efiected by a slight pull on the same since thegripping action between the lateral members and hanger bar isfrictional. In addition to the articles held at the sides between thelateral members 13 or 13 and 14 or 14 the holder accommodates a bathtowel for example between the bracket arms 10. A bath towel or other lare article may have its side edges forced Iietween the inner ends of thelateral members and the hanger bar, but usually a large article such asa bath towel retains its osition on the bar without being positive yclamped.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated examplesconstitute practical embodiments of my invention, I do not limit myselfstrictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestlythe same can be considerabl varied without departure from the spirit ofthe invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I

. claim A holder for towels and other articles, comprising bracket arms,and means carrying said arms and adapted to be secured to a support,said arms being spaced for the entrance of the articles to be held, thematerial of the holder being carried sidewise from the bracket arms topresent lateral 10 members and returned on itself to present a clampingmedium ateach end of the holder.

CHAUNOEY AI. MIOHAELS.

